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Turning Back The Clock
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Turning Back The Clock Daylight Saving Time (DST), also Daylight Savings Time (United States), also Summer Time (United Kingdom and others), and “Ora Legale" in Italy; involves turning clocks ahead during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer. In late autumn, they are turned back one hour so that daylight starts earlier. DST is generally not observed near the equator, where sunrise times do not vary enough to justify it. Some countries observe it only in some regions; for example, southern Brazil observes it while equatorial Brazil does not. Only a minority of the world's population uses DST, because Asia and Africa generally do not observe it. DST clock shifts sometimes complicate timekeeping and can disrupt travel, billing, record keeping, medical devices, heavy equipment, and sleep patterns. Computer software, iPhones, TVs adjust clocks automatically. Think you know everything about DST? Check below and see if you really do. Biggest Myths About Daylight Saving Time Myth: Benjamin Franklin Invented Daylight Saving Time The Real Story: Thanks to 'An Economical Project', a satirical essay Franklin wrote in 1784 urging Parisians to adopt an earlier sleeping schedule, the Founding Father is often credited with “inventing” daylight saving time. Actually, that honour belongs to William Willett, a British builder. While on an early morning horseback ride on the outskirts of London in 1905, Willett theorized that if the United Kingdom moved its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, Britons would be able to enjoy more sunlight. Willett spent much of his own personal fortune trying to persuade British Parliament to embrace the idea, but he died in 1915 without seeing his dream come to fruition. Myth: Germans Were the First to Embrace Daylight Saving Time The Real Story: Germany adopted daylight saving time (DST) in 1916 to conserve energy during World War I. While Germany was indeed the first country to observe the practice, certain regions of Canada were already following DST as early as 1908. On July 1 of that year, residents of Port Arthur in Ontario—what is now Thunder Bay—were the first in the world to turn their clocks forward by one hour. Regina, Sask. implemented DST in 1914 (where it was enormously popular with local townsfolk), and Winnipeg followed suit in 1916. The German Empire may have popularized daylight saving time, but Canadians beat them to the punch. Myth: Daylight Saving Time is Observed Everywhere The Real Story: Changing the clocks may be standard practice in Canada, but not all countries observe daylight saving time. Countries along or below the equator, for instance, don’t implement time shifts since daylight hours rarely change from season to season. Much of Asia and Africa opt out of DST as well, as do Iceland and parts of Australia. Closer to home, Arizona, Hawaii, and regions of Quebec and British Columbia choose not to observe DST either. There’s one exception, however: even though Antarctica has no daylight in the winter and 24-hour daylight in the summer, research crews living in the area observe DST to communicate with their home bases. Myth: Daylight Saving Time Makes Us Healthy The Real Story: More sunlight may mean more vitamin D, but numerous studies have also linked daylight saving time to a rise in road accidents and health problems. A 2008 Swedish study in the New England Journal of Medicine—based on information collected over a 20-year period—found a higher incidence of heart attacks in the first three weekdays after clocks move forward and fall back. Meanwhile, according to Manitoba Public Insurance, there was a 20 per cent increase in crashes on Manitoba roads when clocks moved forward an hour in the spring of 2014. Changes in circadian rhythm, too, can trigger cluster headaches and lead to days or weeks of discomfort. Myth: Daylight Saving Time Helps Farmers The Real Story: When the United States passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, it gave rise to the myth that the extra daylight would give farmers more time to harvest their produce in the morning. In reality, it has the opposite effect, and farmers tend to have been the loudest critics of DST over the past several decades. One of the main reasons DST picked up steam in North America after the World Wars was because department stores lobbied for the practice. Why? Well, more daylight means more business: commuters leaving work while the sun is still shining are more inclined to shop before they make their way home. Do you have trouble adjusting to the time change? Is there a difference when losing an hour vs gaining an hour? December 1/18: If you could turn back time, would you? Is there a time you would want to return to? Does the opportunity to ‘do over’ appeal to you?  |
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I change all my clocks when I go to bed. If you live in an area that observes DST, when do you change your clocks?
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11/3/2018 5:55 pm |
Need to move by the Equator...Cause it's a pain in the ass here 
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Need to move by the Equator...Cause it's a pain in the ass here
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Being retired, time usually does not have the meaning it used to, it takes me at least a week to get all my clocks in order after one of the changes.. I still have 24 hours in each day, even if this Sunday will have 25.. To all enjoy, Stop by at lonlyforlove2 also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker" also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'
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Most of mine are automatic...but yeah, I reset my alarm clock , stove and microwave before I go to bed. I don't really have much trouble adjusting to it, just think it's silly. I'd vote for getting rid of it. " I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx
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Being retired, time usually does not have the meaning it used to, it takes me at least a week to get all my clocks in order after one of the changes.. I still have 24 hours in each day, even if this Sunday will have 25.. To all enjoy,
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Most of mine are automatic...but yeah, I reset my alarm clock , stove and microwave before I go to bed. I don't really have much trouble adjusting to it, just think it's silly. I'd vote for getting rid of it.
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I hate when it gets dark before 5:00 pm. And between commuting via subway and working in offices where desks are no where near the windows, you lose trakc of whether it's day or night! Thanks for the p.s. - fixed it!
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Thanks for the reminder . . . I knew I was supposed to do something with the clocks tonight, but I wasn't sure what. I'm ok with the time changes, but I will say it does take me a couple of days to adjust to the darkness so early in the day with the fall switch, and same thing in the spring. Interesting read! ... is there another way to look at it Going Too Fucking Far NEW Blog Features RevealeD O O A Foolproof Method Posted Over on that NEW site O O
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Seems everyone has their own routine for managing the clock adjustment. Whatever works for you is the best thing to do.
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Thanks for the reminder . . . I knew I was supposed to do something with the clocks tonight, but I wasn't sure what. I'm ok with the time changes, but I will say it does take me a couple of days to adjust to the darkness so early in the day with the fall switch, and same thing in the spring. Interesting read!
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Hi sexyldy1000. thanks for sharing... I luv long days... reminded me of this one... Coldplay - "Clocks" The lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing Come out of the things unsaid Shoot an apple off my head and a Trouble that can't be named A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singing You are, you are Confusion that never stops The closing walls and the ticking clocks gonna Come back and take you home I could not stop, that you now know, singing Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities am I A part of the cure Or am I part of the disease, singing To leave private messages, please use my confidential mailbox at my blog: Good luck!!! 
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Hi sexyldy1000. thanks for sharing... I luv long days... reminded me of this one... Coldplay - "Clocks" The lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing Come out of the things unsaid Shoot an apple off my head and a Trouble that can't be named A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singing You are, you are Confusion that never stops The closing walls and the ticking clocks gonna Come back and take you home I could not stop, that you now know, singing Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities am I A part of the cure Or am I part of the disease, singing
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I've never been aware of any problems I've encountered due to to switching the clocks back or forward. However, there are a couple of pockets here in British Columbia, Canada, where DST is never observed. That results in people traveling to and from those areas "what time is Creston on right now, are they same as us or different". That's as complicated as it gets for me, as I drive 1 hour to Creston. Check out my profile or and become a "watcher" of my blog FMAOPLS,to learn more about me, and for intelligent, lively, smartassy and fun discussion, with a little irreverence thrown in. "Like" or comment on my photos, and I promise I'll add more. Thanks.
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11/3/2018 7:12 pm |
I've gotta reset about 5 clocks, no big deal. I adjust to the sleep fairly easily, too. Thanks for the reminder.
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I have already changed all my clocks! 🕰⏰ Gives me an extra hour to spend on here lol
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I've gotta reset about 5 clocks, no big deal. I adjust to the sleep fairly easily, too. Thanks for the reminder.
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Do you have trouble adjusting to the time change? One advantage to living in AZ we don't screw with the clocks. IMO we should dump the change and stay on Daylight time. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Do you have trouble adjusting to the time change? One advantage to living in AZ we don't screw with the clocks. IMO we should dump the change and stay on Daylight time.
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I've never been aware of any problems I've encountered due to to switching the clocks back or forward. However, there are a couple of pockets here in British Columbia, Canada, where DST is never observed. That results in people traveling to and from those areas "what time is Creston on right now, are they same as us or different". That's as complicated as it gets for me, as I drive 1 hour to Creston.
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I change the 2 I have in my bedroom before going to sleep. All otheres must wait till Sunday morning however. Now changing my watches are such a pain, I have a 2or 3 watches set to each time, and when DST happens, I change watches to the other set, so I dont have to reset any of them.
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We did it once out here. It wasn't with clocks or time or anything like that Instead we cut two inches off the top of a blanket and sewed it back on at the bottom of the blanket and the hell if we could find any difference.So we figured that out pretty quickly! Using more than all the road!
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Our clocks changed last weekend. Some want to change it so that it is lighter in the winter evenings, but that would mean it staying dark until 10am in northern parts of the UK. Seemingly China has only one time zone which must make for interesting sun rise and set times across the country.
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I change the 2 I have in my bedroom before going to sleep. All otheres must wait till Sunday morning however. Now changing my watches are such a pain, I have a 2or 3 watches set to each time, and when DST happens, I change watches to the other set, so I dont have to reset any of them.
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We did it once out here. It wasn't with clocks or time or anything like that Instead we cut two inches off the top of a blanket and sewed it back on at the bottom of the blanket and the hell if we could find any difference.So we figured that out pretty quickly!
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